Thursday, January 2, 2014

New Warning About Excessive “Agent Orange” Toxin in Baby Formula and Breast Milk

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/03/infants-ingest-nearly-80-times-safe-level-of-dioxin.aspxThe Environmental Protection Agency has held public hearings to
review a proposed safe exposure limit for dioxin, a known carcinogen and
endocrine disruptor.Dioxin is nearly impossible to avoid, as women exposed to it pass it
on to fetuses in the womb, and both breast milk and formula have been
shown to contain it. Research done has shown that a nursing infant ingests an amount 77
times higher than what the EPA has proposed as safe exposure. Adults are
exposed to 1,200 times more dioxin than the EPA suggests is safe.According to Inhabitots:

"Because dioxin is such a common pollutant -- it's a waste product of
incineration, smelting, chlorine bleaching and pesticides manufacturing
-- its health effects are well documented ... [S]tudies have shown that ongoing low-level exposure can result in
heart disease, diabetes, cancer, endometriosis, early menopause and
reduced testosterone and thyroid hormones."